GA Telesis, LLC Signs a Long Term Exclusive Flight Hour Agreement with Star Air A/S to Provide Total Fleet Solution for its Fleet of 11 Boeing 767-200BDSF Aircraft.

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Atlanta, GA MRO Americas, April 15, 2013 – GA Telesis announced that it has signed a total fleet support program agreement with Star Air A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark). The flight hour-based support agreement will cover Inventory support, component maintenance and full supply-chain logistic and warehousing solutions.

While keeping safety, quality and reliability a priority, GA Telesis creates and implements flexible solutions for airline and MRO customers. The suite of solutions ranges from, but is not limited to, FHR Programs, Inventory Sale & Lease Back strategies, Exchange Pools, Kitting, Warehousing, Logistics and Repair Management. Under this long-term agreement, the airline will benefit from GA Telesis’ expertise in the Component MRO field, of reliability, maintenance, and supply chain management along with GA Telesis’ extensive Boeing 767 inventory.

“This is an enormous sign of confidence by Star Air A/S in our total support capabilities. Star Air A/S has absolute requirements that demand a solid support system and infrastructure. Together we will be leading the industry in setting new standards in cost reduction, reliability, safety, quality and efficiency,” said Paul Lochab, Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Operations. “We worked very closely with Star Air A/S to develop a solutions based approach that best suits their operational and maintenance needs,“ he added.

“Our Decision to enter into this long term partnership with GA Telesis was based on the fact that GA Telesis offered the best total component support agreement. GA Telesis presented us with a program that was tailor-made for our specific needs and demands. The total fleet support program agreement will assist us in keeping maintenance costs down, while enabling us to keep our excellent on time performance and reliability standard” said Carsten Hvidegaard Holm, Vice President Technical, Star Air A/S

About Star Air A/S
Star Air A/S is part of the A.P.Moller-Maersk Group and operates as a Danish cargo airline. The A.P.Moller-Maersk Group is one of the world’s largest private shipping enterprises. Star Air was founded in 1987 and started operations with two Fokker F27. Their current fleet is comprised of 11 Boeing 767-200 BDSFs. The A.P.Moller-Maersk Group is involved in a diverse range of business industries such as e.g. transportation, oil exploration- and production. Today, Star Air has close to 200 employees, located in Copenhagen and at stations throughout Europe

About GA Telesis, LLC.
GA Telesis is one of the world’s largest providers of products, financial services and supply-chain solutions to the aerospace industry. A global leader, GA Telesis provides structured financial services to the global aviation investment community while it also has extensive aerospace replacement component sales, distribution and maintenance operations throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and China. GA Telesis provides asset management services specializing in commercial aircraft and jet engine leasing and trading with over USD $1 billion in assets under management.

For additional information: contact Rebecca C. Longo, Vice President of Marketing at rlongo@gatelesis.com or visit www.www.gatelesis.com